6th Feb 2007 13:00
SDL International, the leading provider of Global InformationManagement (GIM) solutions, announced today that it has entered into astrategic relationship with Tridion, a leading global provider of webcontent management software solutions, to enable corporations to moreeffectively combine modern web content management with efficientlanguage delivery to drive business advantage on a global basis. £ SDL's Global Information Management technology, combined withTridion's market leading web content management system deliver aseamless capability to enable corporations to author content once,translate once and re-use across all web requirements in marketing,sales and customer support in any language. Organizations canefficiently re-use multi-lingual assets whilst any requirement foradditional multi-lingual content is automatically delivered into thetranslation supply chain for instant publishing across the web. £ "In today's business climate, corporations face increasingcompetitive pressure from across the world" says Mark Lancaster, CEOof SDL. "Language has become the competitive battleground forcompanies wanting to win market-share on a global basis. SDL providesthe technology to manage the complex activities through thetranslation supply chain, which are essential to get content intomultiple languages. Tridion provides the front end management of thecontent creation. Together our technology provides companies with theability to truly manage global content, providing True GlobalInformation Management, allowing companies to reach global audiencesin ways previously impossible". £ "It is clear that both SDL and Tridion share a common vision,"continued Pieter Varkevisser, CEO of Tridion. "Corporations wantintegrated solutions that help them to market effectively across theglobe and this requires modern web-content management combined withefficient global language delivery. With Tridion's expertise in globalWeb Content Management and SDL's efficient delivery of multi-lingualassets, we have established a peerless combination". £ About Tridion £ Tridion is the leading provider of best of breed enterprise classWeb Content Management solutions. Tridion's solutions empowerenterprises to provide compelling, consistent and personalizedcustomer experiences across multiple web sites in multiple languagesand through multiple (online) channels. Its unique 'Building Block'architecture and 'BluePrint Management'(TM) technology allowenterprises to vastly improve customer experience by providing aconsistent corporate image, multilingual localized content,accelerated time-to-market, and overall improvement of contentquality, all while reducing operational costs. Over 400 customers relyon Tridion's Web Content Management solutions, including ABN AMRO,Agfa, Alcatel, Canon, Goodyear, Heineken, Honda, KLM, Renault, Suzuki,Toyota, ING, Reed Elsevier, and Unilever. £ For more information please visit our web site at www.tridion.com,telephone 800-820-5621. £ About SDL plc £ SDL International (London Stock Exchange: 'SDL') is the leader inglobal information management (GIM) solutions that empowerorganizations to accelerate the delivery of high-quality multilingualcontent to global markets. Its enterprise software and servicesintegrate with existing business systems to manage global informationfrom authoring to publication and throughout the distributedlocalization supply chain. £ Global industry leaders rely on SDL to provide enterprise softwareor hosted services for their GIM processes, including Audi, Bayer,Best Western, Bosch, Canon, Deutsche Bank, Kodak, Microsoft, MorganStanley, Reuters and SAP. SDL has implemented more than 150 enterpriseGIM solutions, has deployed over 130,000 software licenses across theGIM ecosystem and provides access to on-demand translation portals for10 million customers per month. Over 1000 service professionalsdeliver consulting, implementation and language services through itsglobal infrastructure of more than 50 offices in 30 countries. Formore information, visit www.sdl.com. Copyright Business Wire 2007Related Shares:
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